stopping

About 8.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of stop
2. noun The act of something that stops; a halt.

   constant startings and stoppings

3. noun Material for filling a cavity in a tooth.

   an amalgam stopping

4. noun A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
5. noun A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.

Similar words

fillet stoppage cease blocking ceasing discontinue cessation suspend discontinuance discontinuation

Often followed by

the to at in and for of a place

Word family

stop stop dead in my tracks stop dead in our tracks stop dead in their tracks stop dead in your tracks stop short of stoppable stopped stopped dead in her tracks stopped dead in his tracks